Belarusian President Oleksandr Lukashenko ruled out a mobilization in Belarus on Friday and said Minsk had no intention of “engaging in wars” after his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin ordered the mobilization of 300,000 reservists to reinforce troops taking part in a “special military operation”. Ukraine.

“There will be no mobilization. This is a lie,” Lukashenko said, the pro-government Telegram channel “Pul Persho” reports. “We will fight only when we have to defend our home and our land,” the Belarusian leader said, as reported by the EFE agency, quoted by Agerpres.

Earlier, he stated several times that his country would not get involved in the Russian-Ukrainian war. However, at the start of the Russian invasion, he allowed President Putin to launch an offensive from the territory of Belarus towards the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, an area from which Russian forces have since withdrawn to concentrate in the east and south of the country. Ukraine.

Also, according to some media, Belarusian security forces received verbal orders to establish the identities of Russian citizens who are hiding in Belarus in order to evade partial mobilization on Putin’s order.

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